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Quiz for Viewpoints 24.2: Socialist and Anti-Socialist Perspectives

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1. According to the authors of “The Meaning of Socialism,” how was society organized?

Into two classes: the educated and the uneducated

Into an infinite number of classes

Into three classes: aristocrats, priests, and workers

Into two classes: the rich and the poor

Correct: The answer is d. The document described a two-class society in which one class was poor and produced all of the wealth and the other was rich and lived off the labor of the poor.

Incorrect: The answer is d. The document described a two-class society in which one class was poor and produced all of the wealth and the other was rich and lived off the labor of the poor.

1. According to the authors of “The Meaning of Socialism,” how was society organized?

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2. What kind of society did the authors of “The Meaning of Socialism” hope to create?

One without social classes

One in which wealth was always associated with merit

One in which only the undeserving were poor

One without a government

Correct: The answer is a. The authors hoped to bring about a new social order, one in which “there will be no poor and, therefore, no rich; in which there will be no classes.”

Incorrect: The answer is a. The authors hoped to bring about a new social order, one in which “there will be no poor and, therefore, no rich; in which there will be no classes.”

2. What kind of society did the authors of “The Meaning of Socialism” hope to create?

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3. How did Sumner explain the fact that so many people expressed a desire to help the poor?

The plight of the poor was such that help is demanded.

Most people wanted to be seen as charitable and kind hearted.

Charity was a rational response to society’s ills.

It was much easier to talk about the poor than to do something about poverty.

Correct: The answer is b. Sumner thought that concern for the poor was an untested social convention that most people conformed to in order appear good.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Sumner thought that concern for the poor was an untested social convention that most people conformed to in order appear good.

3. How did Sumner explain the fact that so many people expressed a desire to help the poor?

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4. According to Sumner, which of these was a flaw common to all efforts to improve the lot of the poor?

Such efforts were opposed by the poor themselves.

Such efforts were never backed up with sufficient resources.

Such efforts ignored the rights of other classes.

Such efforts relied on the cooperation of the state.

Correct: The answer is c. Sumner believed that such efforts privileged the rights and needs of the poor over those of society as a whole.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Sumner believed that such efforts privileged the rights and needs of the poor over those of society as a whole.

4. According to Sumner, which of these was a flaw common to all efforts to improve the lot of the poor?

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